GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |